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launched by first nations in canada is continuing to draw support amid a hunger strike by native chief theresa spence. she is on the 25th day of her strike in a teepee outside ottawa's's parliament where she has been demanding a meeting with prime minister stephen harper. thursday she rejected a proposal by first nations leaders to meet with harper, saying her failing health required action within 72 hours. protests in canada began over a controversial budget bill but have expanded into a mass movement 01/04/13 01/04/13 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] >> from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> the honorable john boehner from the state of ohio, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly collected speaker of the house of representatives. >> a new congress is sworn in, the most diverse in the nation's history, but not the most aggressive. who is in and who is out, with john nichols. then a debate on fracking. >> energy self-sufficient and can ensure -- >> coming from an area that is tougher from the legacy of industrial pollution, there are all saying, dear governor cuomo
launched by first nations in canada is continuing to draw support amid a hunger strike by native chief theresa spence. she is on the 25th day of her strike in a teepee outside ottawa's's parliament where she has been demanding a meeting with prime minister stephen harper. thursday she rejected a proposal by first nations leaders to meet with harper, saying her failing health required action within 72 hours. protests in canada began over a controversial budget bill but have expanded into a mass...
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launched by first nations in canada is continuing to draw support amid a hunger strike by native chief theresa spence. she is on the 25th day of her strike in a teepee outside ottawa's's parliament where she has been demanding a meeting with prime minister stephen harper. thursday she rejected a proposal by first nations leaders to meet with harper, saying her failing health required action within 72 hours. protests in canada began over a controversial budget bill but have expanded into a mass movement for political transformation, indigenous rights, and environmental justice. hundreds of bangladeshi garment workers, most women, have staged a hunger strike in the capital dhaka to demand safer working additions and better pay. a factory fire at a bangladeshi plant that made goods for wal- mart killed at least 111 workers in november, marking the country's worst industrial accident. the head of the national garment workers federation, amirul haq amin, condemned the retail giant and demanded rights for workers. >> they are responsible. we lost 112. unfortunately until today, management -- >> the
launched by first nations in canada is continuing to draw support amid a hunger strike by native chief theresa spence. she is on the 25th day of her strike in a teepee outside ottawa's's parliament where she has been demanding a meeting with prime minister stephen harper. thursday she rejected a proposal by first nations leaders to meet with harper, saying her failing health required action within 72 hours. protests in canada began over a controversial budget bill but have expanded into a mass...
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in canada, the first nations chief theresa spence has ended her six-week long fasts following a pledge by key political figures to sign on to her demands. she has gone without food since december 11 in protest of a budget bill weakening in fermenta protections and indigenous rights. fraction helped draw global attention to the idle no more movement, which has seen indigenous-lit protest actions across canada for several months. she spent -- she decided to end her fast after leaders of the assembly of first nations and two canadian opposition parties agreed to a series of principles safeguarding indigenous rights. she has been hospitalized to help her recover. those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting live from park city tv in utah, home of the sundance film festival. egyptian youth activists have called for large rallies today to mark the second anniversary of the start of the revolution that ended hosni mubarak's three-decade reign. inspired by the uprising in tunisia, tens of thousands o
in canada, the first nations chief theresa spence has ended her six-week long fasts following a pledge by key political figures to sign on to her demands. she has gone without food since december 11 in protest of a budget bill weakening in fermenta protections and indigenous rights. fraction helped draw global attention to the idle no more movement, which has seen indigenous-lit protest actions across canada for several months. she spent -- she decided to end her fast after leaders of the...
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a key figure in the movement, chief theresa spence, was due to meet with canadian prime minister stephen harper and other first nations leaders, but pulled out of the meeting over the exclusion of canada's governor general and in solidarity with friday's protests. spence remains a liquid diet only hunger strike. the chief executive of the tennessee-based company specializing in weapons training has had his gun permit revoked after posting a rant threatening violence should the federal government impose new gun control laws. in his post, james yeager of the firm tactical response vowed to "start killing people" if gun laws are passed. >> i am telling you if that happens, it will spark a civil war and i will be glad to fire the first shot. i am not putting up with it. you should not put up with it. i need all you patriots to think about what you're going to do. pack a backpack was some food, they're ready to fight. i'm not putting up with this. i'm not letting my country be ruled by a dictator. i am not letting anybody take my guns for the if it goes 1 inch further, i am going to start kil
a key figure in the movement, chief theresa spence, was due to meet with canadian prime minister stephen harper and other first nations leaders, but pulled out of the meeting over the exclusion of canada's governor general and in solidarity with friday's protests. spence remains a liquid diet only hunger strike. the chief executive of the tennessee-based company specializing in weapons training has had his gun permit revoked after posting a rant threatening violence should the federal...
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the actions came one day after chief theresa spence announced she joined a meeting between canadian prime minister stephen harper and first nations leaders. spence has been on hunger strike since december 11, demanding a meeting with harper, an action that has helped spur the idle more movements called into a broader call for political transformation, indigenous rights, and environmental justice. idle more organizers have called for a global day of action on january 11, the same day that spence is slated to meet with harper in the one month anniversary of her hunger strike. >> two major health care unions have announced a merger after previously teaming up with the health giant kaiser permanente a. the 85,000 member california nurses association will join the 10,000-member national union of healthcare workers for a new union entirely of workers in the health sector. both unions have waged strikes against kaiser in the last two years. the move is expected to stoke tensions with the two million- member service employees international union, with plans already in place to recruit the seiu's
the actions came one day after chief theresa spence announced she joined a meeting between canadian prime minister stephen harper and first nations leaders. spence has been on hunger strike since december 11, demanding a meeting with harper, an action that has helped spur the idle more movements called into a broader call for political transformation, indigenous rights, and environmental justice. idle more organizers have called for a global day of action on january 11, the same day that spence...